'What is happening with the No. 11 York bus service?'

We were aware that for three weeks starting at the end of January there would be no service on the Loop as Brunswick Terrace and Queen Victoria Street were undergoing work on the gas pipes. This work was completed by 16 February and the roads returned to normal.

However, since then the no. 11 bus has not returned to its designated route on the majority of its journeys to and from Bishopthorpe. Occasionally, a bus has driven around the Loop but more often than not it has missed the Loop out completely.

When drivers have been asked about why they are not following the full route, their replies are that they have been instructed, by their controller, not to drive the Loop.

There have been no notices posted at bus stops or on the buses to indicate the suspension of the service nor when it will return. The service has always been erratic but has now reached new levels of unreliability.

This situation is most unsatisfactory and needs a speedy resolution. The franchise for the no.11 bus was awarded on the basis of including a service to the South Bank Loop. If First Bus is not fulfilling this commitment is it time for the franchise to be reviewed?

Name and address supplied

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It’s just not cricket!

“The Hundred” cricket competition was conceived in London by the ECB led at the time by Colin Graves.

Due to its popularity it has become franchised, attracting foreign investment, particularly from India, presenting the ECB with a major problem.

These Indian-controlled franchises have decided, due to political reasons, not to employ any Pakistani players, which is completely wrong.

The ECB should tell the ICC in no uncertain terms that we control cricket affairs in England, not them.

Peter Rickaby Moat Way Brayton North Yorkshire

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Brexit 10th birthday

June this year will bring the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum when Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage will no doubt exchange celebratory gifts of 10th anniversary tin.

Well before that, on 22nd February [Sunday], there will be a debate in Westminster Hall, called by Stephen Gethins SNP MP, entitled “The Impact of the 2016 EU membership referendum on the UK”. It will be the first ever such review.

We have suffered 10 years of Brexit damage and the debate should be an opportunity to stop randomly sticking plasters on the wounds, to look at our injuries in totality and decide where we go from now to heal ourselves.

Stephen Gethins, from Scotland, of course backs a return to the EU. The majority in this country now agree with him.

It is certainly better than the Tory and Tory-lookalike Reform’s views that a successful Brexit should have been even nastier than the one we have suffered.

Martha Cross, Cinder Lane, York

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Pothole success

Credit where it is due to North Yorkshire Council. On two occasions I have advised them of potholes in Eastfield Lane, Dunnington, and they have been filled in within days.

Peter Holyoake, Holly Tree Croft, Dunnington, York

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